hacking

25 Oct 2010

If you're accessing Facebook or Twitter from a public WiFi network at a cafe or some other public setting, anyone on the same network can easily access your account. In fact, today, Eric Butler released a Firefox extension called Firesheep that makes it child's play. In this short video, I show you Eric's extension in action and also show you how you can protect yourself from such attacks by using the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension.

Watch the video.

Video: Facebook & Twitter security FAIL (& how you can stay safe)

In this short video, I show you how easy it is for anyone in the same WiFi network as you at a cafe to sign in to your Facebook and Twitter accounts (and how you can protect yourself).

19 Jan 2008

Bug

I'm definitely not a hardware hacker. Pulling apart the innards of a Chumby does not excite me. I don't read Make. But BUG by Bug Labs looks like something I'd love to get my hands on.

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My kind of bug

13 Jan 2008

How unsexy are WordPress security updates? I have the horrible habit of doing everything else first before attempting one (which, of course, is absolutely the worst thing you can do, as the recent spam hack on the SWX blog demonstrated so well). I used to dread doing the updates mainly because I just knew something would break. At least that's how I used to feel.

When I last upgraded WordPress, a little over a week ago to version 2.3.1, I made a slightly delayed New Year's resolution that I wouldn't hack the blog. Instead, I decided to do everything using plugins and widgets (which are plugins that display on your sidebar). And -- wonder of wonders -- I actually stuck to it! That being the case, upgrading is no longer a nightmare.

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Upgrading to WordPress 2.3.2